Weathering rates as a function of climate: Results from a climosequence of the Val Genova (Trentino, Italian Alps)

Geoderma

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 99-121

  Egli, M ^a   Mirabella, A ^b   Sartori, G ^c   Fitze, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Ist S per lo S/la D del S   (Italy)

^c MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alps; Climosequence; Podzolisation; Smectite; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; CLIMATE EFFECT; MASS BALANCE; PODZOLIZATION; SMECTITE; WEATHERING RATE;

ITALY;

EID: 0037230124     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(02)00256-2     Document Type: Article

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